Discourse Analysis: Adjacency Pairs in Selected Korean Englishman YouTube Video

Salsa Alifia Iskandar; Meita Lukitawati Sujatna

doi:10.31539/leea.v7i2.9486

Salsa Alifia Iskandar Universitas Widyatama
Meita Lukitawati Sujatna Universitas Widyatama

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31539/leea.v7i2.9486

Abstract

This research focuses to analyze adjacency pairs in the selected Korean Englishman YouTube Video titled “K-Pop Idol NCT Johnny fed us luxury Korean Beef BBQ!” using Yule’s (1996) theory. This study is using the qualitative descriptive method to analyze the data. From the conversation uttered by speakers, there are some patterns that they automatically produced, called adjacency pairs. The adjacency pairs occur when two or more people talk and respond to each other’s questions. Based on the analysis, there are 25 adjacency pairs; (15) Question–Answer, (1) Command–Compliance, (1) Request–Acceptance, (1) Offer–Acceptance, (5) Assessment–Agreement, (2) Suggestion–Acceptance that were found in the conversation between Johnny, Josh, and Ollie in the Korean Englishman YouTube video titled “K-Pop Idol NCT Johnny fed us luxury Korean Beef BBQ!”. From all the data found in this study, the functions of utterances are in accordance with each type of adjacency pair thus conclude that adjacency pairs are automatic sequences of two utterances produced by two speakers with the second utterances conversing about the first utterance.

Key Words: Adjacency Pairs, Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis

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